Research
Polling Analyses
Older Independents View Republicans in Congress More Favorably than Democrats
Published on
December 15, 2009
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Polling Analyses
Voters 55 and older are now extremely concerned about the federal government’s current level of spending and debt. Since our first survey in April, we have been noting the extent to which budgetary and fiscal issues have been driving Independents away from Democrats and toward Republicans. That is clearly the case with voters 55 and older. |
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Older Voters Strongly Reject Democrats' Health Care Reform
Published on
December 11, 2009
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Polling Analyses
With their health care reform proposals, Democrats in Congress are digging an enormous political hole with voters age 55 and older, a demographic group that plays an outsized role in non-presidential year elections. Voters age 55 and older think health care reform will raise their taxes, increase the deficit, raise their premiums, cause their health care costs to go up, and cause the quality of the health care they receive to go down. |
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Focus Groups
Independents Who Supported Obama Upset Over Direction of Country
Published on
September 11, 2009
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Focus Groups
An extensive round of focus groups (five pairs) during August with Independents who voted for President Obama last November, but who are undecided on the congressional generic ballot, provided revealing insights about voters’ concerns over the economy, government spending, mounting Federal debt and government intervention into the private sector. |
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